Stephen of Ireland

Stephen of Ireland was a companion of William Wallace during the Anglo-Scots Wars.

Biography
Stephen was an outlaw from Ireland, and he was viewed as a madman; he claimed that Ireland was "his island" and constantly "talked to God", looking towards the sky and talking out loud. In 1297, he headed to Scotland to join William Wallace so that he could kill English soldiers, and he saved William's life from a madman named Faudron who tried to kill William while hunting. Stephen accompanied him to the Battle of Stirling and the Battle of Falkirk, where he welcomed the English army's Irish soldiers into the Scottish army. In 1305, he protested against Wallace going to a meeting with Robert the Bruce, knowing it was a trap; Wallace was captured there and executed in London as Stephen and Hamish Campbell watched, hoping that he would ask for mercy. Stephen fought at the Battle of Bannockburn under King Robert against the English, avenging their friend's death.